Students protesting over a flat fee of €450 for supplement exams block the entrance to the Book of Kells (top), occupy the college’s dining hall (third pic) and block the college’s Nassau Street entrance (above).

I would rather that 3rd-level education was funded by things like property taxes and inheritance taxes – you know, where the burden falls more heavily on wealthy people. But then RBB opposed measures to raise either of these taxes, so they have to fund education through other means…

Education should be free, fees have been crawling upwards for years now and standards and college equipment have not improved, in fact a lot of colleges have deteriorated and are seriously underfunded with regards to computers and software. In the 21st Century this is the opposite of progress